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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
26,37,266 beneficiaries have availed working capital loan under Pradhan Mantri SVANidhi SCHEME
As on November 25, 2021, the total number of beneficiaries who have availed the working capital loan under Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi  Scheme is 26,37,266. As on November 25, 2021, the number of loans that have been sanctioned but not yet disbursed is 3,21,504. The number of accounts, where delay between loans sanctioned and loan disbursed is more than three months is 2,46,238. The gap is due to a number of reasons, including lack of coordination between the Lending Institutions & the Urban Local Bodies, frequent change of mobile numbers by the Street Vendors and Street Vendors not visiting the bank branches for documentation formalities. Ministry regularly conducts review meeting with the Lending Institutions and the States/ULBs to streamline the process and expedite disbursement of sanctioned loans.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Coal
Incentives to Promote Coal Gasification
To incentivize private sector companies for developing coal gasification projects, Ministry of Coal has formulated a policy wherein, a provision has been made for 50% rebate in revenue share for all future commercial coal block auctions for the coal used in gasification purpose provided the coal quantity used for gasification is at least 10% of total coal production. Further, separate auction window under NRS sector has been created for making coal available for new coal gasification plants. From these incentives, it will meet the demand of dry fuel for the projects.
The Prime Minister, at the 26th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, expressed to intensify India’s efforts to address the challenge of climate change by presenting to the world five nectar elements  of climate action by India. One of these elements is to achieve net zero emissions by 2070 which presents vision for our long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies. He also emphasized the need for climate justice and climate friendly lifestyles to safeguard future generations and the planet from the impacts of climate change. He also articulated that India’s historical cumulative emissions and per capita emissions are very low despite being home to more than 17% of the global population.
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID Relief Aid
18,016 Oxygen Concentrators; 19,085 Oxygen Cylinders; 19 Oxygen Generation Plants; 15,206 ventilators/ BiPAP; ~7.7 L Remdesivir vials, ~12L Favipiravir tablets delivered/ dispatched to States and UTs, so far
Government of India has been receiving international cooperation of COVID-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since 27th April 2021 from different countries/organisations. These are being promptly dispatched/delivered to the States and UTs.
Cumulatively, 18,016 Oxygen Concentrators; 19,085 Oxygen Cylinders; 19 Oxygen Generation Plants; 15,206 ventilators/ BiPAP; ~7.7 L Remdesivir vials, ~12L Favipiravir tablets delivered/ dispatched through road and air, from 27th April 2021 to 26th May 2021.
Major consignments received on 26/27th May 2021 from Canada, Germany, Bahrain , Robert Bosch 
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Effective immediate allocation, and streamlined delivery to the recipient states/UTs and institutions is an ongoing exercise.
The Union Health Ministry is comprehensively monitoring this on a regular basis. A dedicated Coordination Cell has been created in the Union Health Ministry to coordinate the receipt and allocation of foreign COVID relief material as international cooperation in the form of grants, aid and donations. This Cell started functioning from 26th April 2021. A Standard Operating Procedure has been framed and implemented by the Health Ministry since 2nd May, 2021.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Cyclonic storm ‘GAJA’ over interior Tamil Nadu weakened into a deep depression
The cyclonic storm ‘Gaja’ over interior Tamilnadu moved nearly westwards, weakened into a deep depression and lay centred at 1130 hrs IST of today, the 16th November, 2018 over interior Tamilnadu near latitude 10.5°N and longitude 77.6°E, about 80 km northwest of Madurai. It is very likely to move nearly westwards and weaken further into a depression during next 06 hours and into a well low pressure area during subsequent 12 hours.
Forecast track and intensity are given in the following table:
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Deep Depression
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Depression
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Well Marked Low
Warnings:
- Heavy rainfall warnings:
- Rainfall at most places with heavy falls at a few places and very heavy at isolated places over south interior Tamil Nadu and heavy falls at isolated places over north interior Tamil Nadu during next 24 hours. Rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Kerala during next 24 hours.
- Rainfall at most places with heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Lakshadweep on 17th Nov, 2018.
- Wind warning
- Squally wind speed 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph very likely over interior Tamil Nadu around the centre of deep depression during next 06 hours. It would gradually decrease becoming squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph over same area during subsequent six hours.
- Strong wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph very likely along & off Kerala coast from 16th November evening for subsequent 48 hours.
- Sea condition
Along with squally weather, sea condition will be rough along & off Kerala coast from 16th November evening for subsequent 48 hours.
- Action Suggested:
- The fishermen are advised not to venture into Arabian Sea along & off Kerala coast from 16th November evening for subsequent 48 hours.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Government to launch e-Shram portal – National Database on Unorganized Workers , on 26th of August.
Logo for e-Shram portal unveiled.
E-Shram portal will help towards the much needed targeted identification of the unorganized workers, our nation builders, the ‘Shram Yogis’: Shri Bhupender Yadav
Central Trade Union Leaders welcome and extend their unflinching support for the successful implementation of the portal.
(Unveiling the logo for the E-Shram portal , Minister for Labour and Employment, Shri Bhupender Yadav today said that that targeted identification of the unorganized workers was a much needed step and the portal which will be the national database of our nation builders, our ‘Shram Yogis’, will help take welfare schemes to their doorstep, who are the builders of our Nation.
Speaking at an event in New Delhi which was attended by all major Central trade union leaders, the Minister informed the gathering that the portal will be launched on Thursday i.e 26th of August. “Targeted delivery and last mile delivery, has been a major focus of the schemes of government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the National Database of Unorganised workers is another key step towards that”, and will be a game changer for the social security of Millions of Unorganised Workers said the Labour Minister.
The meeting was also joined by Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Labour and Employment from Dibrugarh,Assam via video conferencing who said that the launch of the portal will be a major milestone for the unorganized workers, the domestic workers, the construction workers,the migrant workers, Gig & Platform workers etc. and will ensure that welfare schemes reach the right beneficiary at the right time across the length and breadth of the country.
The meeting also saw a marathon and extensive discussion with the Central trade Union leaders from BMS, INTUC, AITUC, HMS ,CITU,AIUTUC,TUCC,SEWA, AICCTU and NFITU-DHN.
All trade Union leaders extended their full support for the successful launch and implementation of the e-shram portal and the Union Minister thanked the union leaders for their valuable and constructive suggestions and emphasised that they have a key role towards speedier registration, implementation at field level and taking the portal to the unorganized workers.
The Minister also presented them a portrait of the tableau of the labour Ministry which dawned the Rajpath on India’s 72nd republic Day. The art which is a celebration of all-round well-being and security of the workers portrays the transformation that will come into the life of organised and unorganised workers after the implementation of the recent labour codes.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
207.71 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
24,43,064 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 1,19,264
Active cases stand at 0.27%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.54%
20,018 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,35,93,112
15,815 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
87.99 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 3,62,802 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Mines
46th ORIENTATION COURSE FOR GEOLOGISTS 
The valedictory session for the 46th Orientation course for Geologists , recruited by honorable UPSC, was conducted on 9th December 2022 at M.S. Krishnan Auditorium, Geological Survey of India Training Institute, Hyderabad. Total 64 newly recruited geoscientists have been extensively trained for almost 11 months long duration in different geological terrains of the country to become professional geoscientist by GSITI. The valedictory session was chaired by Dr. S.Raju, Director General, GSI in the august presence of Shri Ch. Venkateswara Rao, DDG & Head, Mission-V, GSITI, Hyderabad and Shri S.K. Tripathi, DDG & RMH IV, GSISR Hyderabad. Directors and Faculty Members of GSITI, Hyderabad were also present during the occasion.
The valedictory session of course commenced with the course overview presented by Shri Shyama Prasad Bhutia, Director , GSITI, Hyderabad. He stressed that the trainee Officers are greatly privileged to be a part of the GSI family who got trained in various geoscientific aspects along with personnel, technical and soft skill developments.
Shri Ch. Venkateswara Rao, DDG & Head Mission-V, GSITI congratulated all the officers for successful completion of 11 month long the training program. He emphasized the importance of Discipline, Decorum, and Dedication and deliberated on its significance in career development. He stressed upon the importance of training in different parts of the country and suggested geoscientists to utilize the techniques which they have learnt during training.
Dr. S. Raju, Director General, GSI in his address mentioned that the GSI is the best Geoscience Organization, with excellent team of officers in various geoscience domains. He advised the officers to maintain self-esteem, absolute professionalism and put their effort to explore mineral deposits, which can contribute, to growth of the country. Dr. S. Raju has expressed that these geoscientists are future of the organization.
Dr. S. Raju, Director General had also interacted with the 15 participants of 12th Indian Technical and economic Cooperation  course on Remote sensing and digital image processing, sponsored by ministry of external affairs, Govt. of India. During the interaction participants expressed their happiness about technical aspects and the facilities which they are getting at GSITI. Dr. S. Raju had interacted with individual participants and wished them for their bright future.
The programme concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Shri R.Vijay Kumar,, Director, GSITI, Hyderaba
Ministry of Defence
Republic Day celebration at Southern Command War Memorial on 26 January 2022
Pune, 26 January 2022
Headquarters Southern Command celebrated the 73rd Republic Day at Southern Command War Memorial on 26 January 2022.
Station Commander Pune laid the wreath on behalf of Lieutenant General JS Nain, Army Commander, Southern Command. The celebration was conducted as per COVID protocols with limited attendance.PRO, Pune-M.Iyengar/D.Rane
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Ministry of Railways
Ministry of Railways approves the naming of Train No. 12311/12312 Howrah-Kalka Mail as “Netaji Express”
It is a very popular and one of the oldest trains of Indian Railways
Ministry of Railways has rechristened the name of Train No. 12311/12312 Howrah-Kalka Mail as “Netaji Express”.
It is noteworthy that Howrah -Kalka Mail is a very popular and one of the oldest trains of Indian Railways. The Howrah-Kalka Mail is running between Howrah  and Kalka  via Delhi.
Ministry of Finance
Government withdraws export duty on Steel
The Central Government has restored the status quo as was prevailing prior to 22nd May,2022 and withdrawn the export duty on iron ores lumps & Fines below 58% Fe content, iron ore pellets and the specified steel products including pig iron. The import duty concessions on Anthracite / PCI coal, coking coal, coke & semi coke and ferronickel have also been withdrawn.
Thus with effect from 19 Nov, 2022,-
- Exports of iron ore lumps and fines < 58% Fe will attract nil export duty.
- Exports of iron ore lumps and fines > 58% Fe will attract lower export duty of 30%.
- Exports of iron ore pellets will attract nil export duty.
- Exports of pig iron and steel products classified under HS 7201, 7208, 7209,7210,7213, 7214, 7219, 7222 & 7227 will attract nil export duty
- Anthracite/PCI & coking coal and ferronickel will attract import duty of 2.5%.
- Coke and Semi coke will attract 5% import duty.
In May, 2022 , in the wake of a sharp and steady rise in prices of steel and in order to augment the availability both of finished steel as well as raw materials or intermediates required for steel manufacture, the Government took several tariff measures earlier this year. With effect from 22nd May, 2022, export duty on iron ore lumps with more than 58% Fe content was raised from 30% to 50% ad valorem; export duty of 50% was imposed on iron ore with Fe content below 58%; export duty of 45% was imposed on iron ore pellets; export duty of 15% ad valorem was imposed on different forms of alloy and non-alloy steel including pig iron  and import duty exemptions were given to Anthracite / PCI coal, coking coal, coke & semi coke and ferronickel.
The current measures will provide a fillip to the domestic steel industry and boost exports.
AYUSH
Work of All India Institute of Ayurveda and Yoga-Naturopathy in Goa in progress - Union Minister Shripad Naik
Centre has approved 100 wellness centers in the state for providing better healthcare services to the citizens, 10 centers started functioning already
Goa | December 18, 2021
I am happy to have the opportunity to work for the last seven years through the Union Ministry of AYUSH. The work of All India Ayurveda Institute at a cost of Rs. 300 crore and Yoga and Naturopathy Education Institute at a cost of Rs. 200 crore is in progress in the state through Ministry of AYUSH, stated Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik. He was addressing the ‘Ayurveda Day’ Celebrations organized by Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Mineral and Marine Medicinal Resources today.
After the formation of the Union Ministry of AYUSH, in just one and a half years ‘International Day of Yoga’ was adopted globally, this is a great achievement of the ministry. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the world realized the importance of Ayurveda. In this crisis, India supplied Ayurvedic medicines and aid to 150 countries, said Shripad Naik. The Union Minister advised the students to study and cultivate Ayurveda.
The Centre government has sanctioned 100 wellness centers along with the national level All India Ayurveda Institute in the state, out of these 10 wellness centers started functioning, informed Shri Naik. As a Minister for AYUSH, Medicinal plant cultivation was promoted through the Medicinal Corporation, now its results are visible, the minister said.
A 20-bed Ayurveda hospital has been functioning at Ribandar along with a research institute. 5 more OPDs will be launched soon. Two 50-bed hospitals will be started in the state soon. Of these, work on Margao hospital has started, another hospital will be started at Sakhali, informed Union Minister Shripad Naik.
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PM urges all to take part in Best Tourism Village Competition
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has urged all, particularly youngsters to take part in Best Tourism Village Competition. The Ministry of Tourism is launching Best Tourism Village Competition.
The core aim of this competition to honor the villages that preserve and promote the local art, culture and Lifestyle.
Responding to a tweet thread by Ministry of Tourism, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“I urge you all, particularly youngsters to take part in this unique endeavour to showcase India’s great tourism potential.
https://www.rural.tourism.gov.in/best-rural-village-competition.html”
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh Launches Dashboard for effective monitoring on Key Initiatives of Defence Production
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched here today a Dashboard of Department Defence Production , Ministry of Defence, to help in effective monitoring of various initiatives and schemes of the department.
Secretary  Dr Ajay Kumar explained the features and the main objectives of the Dashboard. He informed that through this initiative, the Ministry will be able to keep track of the major components of Defence Production, including defence exports, defence offsets, Intellectual Property Rights  and MissionRaksha Gyan Shakti. He also gave a detailed account of the subjects on which the Dashboard will have capsulated information in a user-friendly interface that include defence projects under ‘Make in India’, startups in defence sector, investments in defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and artificial intelligence projects in defence.
The dashboard is available for the general public at www.ddpdashboard.gov.in.Some of the data on the dashboard is available for restricted viewing under accesscontrol.
Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Yesso Naik and other senior officials of the Ministry were present on the occasion.
Ministry of Defence
Only online applications accepted to obtain MoD NOC for aerial surveys
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh had launched the Ministry of Defence  No Objection Certificate  web portal https://modnoc.ncog.gov.in/login for undertaking aerial surveys. Only online applications submitted on the portal are now being accepted for processing by MoD since 01.03.2020.
Nine applicants have already registered for making online applications. All those interested in undertaking aerial surveys and require NOC from MoD are requested to make use of this fully online facility.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Secretary Shri Apurva Chandra addresses first World Media Congress
Secretary, Ministry of Information Broadcasting Shri Apurva Chandra has today said that India has over 1.2 billion mobile phone users and 600 million smart phone users. Along with very low data rates, this penetration of smart phones has resulted in users consuming high amount of information and entertainment via mobile devices. Social media has caused faster and deeper percolation of information in India, to the effect that this has even reduced the loss of lives in natural calamities. The Secretary was speaking at the first World Media Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The Secretary congratulated the United Arab Emirates for holding the first ever such Congress. He further added that the India has a lot in common with the host country. The Secretary informed the audience about the media landscape in India and said that India is a country with a tradition media comprised of 897 television channels, of which over 350 were news channels, and over 80 thousand newspapers coming out in various languages. However he added, recently there has been a shift towards new media with youngsters consuming information from this new media. The Secretary said that this has presented a challenge of credibility and that presented a challenge to the Government.
He added that it was pertinent that the Government come up with means to keep a check on this phenomenon and that is where India has come out with a self regulatory mechanism, which ensures that the first level of complaint can be resolved at the level of the social media organisation.
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Ministry of Tourism
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Over 7 lakhs Foreign Tourist Arrivals in April 2018, registering a growth of 4.4% over April 2017
37.2% growth in Foreign Tourist Arrivals on e-Tourist Visa in April 2018 over April 2017
Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly Foreign Tourist Arrivals  & FTAs on e- Tourist Visa on the basis of information received from Bureau of Immigration . The following are the important highlights regarding FTAs and FTAs one-Tourist Visa during the month of April, 2018:
Foreign Tourist Arrivals :
- FTAs in April 2018 were 7,49,477 as compared to 7,17,899 in April 2017 registering a growth of 4.4%.
- FTAs during the period January-April 2018 were 38,76,021 as compared to 34,98,969 in January-April 2017 registering a growth of 10.8%.
- The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India during April 2018 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh  followed by USA , UK , Sri Lanka , Australia , Malaysia , China , Canada , Germany , France , Japan , Russian Federation , Thailand , Afghanistan  and Nepal 
- The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India during April 2018 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport  followed by Mumbai Airport , Haridaspur Land Check Post , Chennai Airport , Bengaluru Airport , Kolkata Airport , Cochin Airport , Hyderabad Airport , Gede Rail Land Check Post , Goa Airport , Ghojadanga Land Check Post , Ahmedabad Airport , Trivandrum Airport , Amritsar Airport  and Chitpur Railway Station .
FTAs on e-Tourist Visa:
- During the month of April, 2018 a total of 1,57,094 tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1,14,469 during the month of April, 2017 registering a growth of 37.2%.
- During January-April 2018, a total of 9,18,792 tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 5,81,783 during January-April 2017, registering a growth of 57.9%.
- The percentage shares of top 15 source countries availing e-Tourist Visa facilities during April, 2018 were highest from UK  followed by USA , China , Australia , France , Thailand , Germany , Canada , Oman , Russian Fed , Malaysia , Italy , South Africa , Spain  and Republic of Korea .
- The percentage shares of top 15 ports in tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Visa during April 2018 were highest from New Delhi Airport , Mumbai Airport , Bengaluru Airport , Chennai Airport , Dabolim  Airport , Kochi Seaport , Kochi Airport , Hyderabad Airport , Kolkata Airport , Amritsar Airport , Trivandrum Airport , Jaipur Airport , Ahmedabad Airport , Tirchy Airport  and Calicut Airport .